Congratulations to alumna Gwynne E. Mapes,’08! Mapes’s book Elite Authenticity: Remaking Distinction in Food Discourse was published in June 2021 by Oxford University Press in their distinguished Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics series. Oxford University Press describes the book: “In Elite Authenticity, Gwynne Mapes integrates theories of mediatization, materiality, and authenticity in order to explore the […]
The Department of English and Linguistics congratulates several graduates and alumni, who have shared graduate school acceptances and plans: Congratulations to Elizabeth “Beth” Kelly! A May 2021 graduate with a special major in Psycholinguistics, she has been accepted into the University of Colorado Boulder’s Speech-Language Pathology Prerequisite Program (SLPP). This one-year program offers eight different […]
Mark McClure of Brooklyn, NY, a ’96 English major, was recently featured in the College of Arts and Sciences newsletter: Mark spends every day using what he learned at Mary Washington trying to make the internet a more humane and productive place (especially for soccer fans). He is currently the Director of Content and User Experience […]
Chloe Datner, a December 2020 grad with a major in English: Creative Writing and a minor in Linguistics, has been selected as a Language and Culture Assistant in the Meddeas program. As such, she will be teaching English language and grammar and the basics of US culture to elementary school children in Spain for the […]
Krista Beucler ’20 recently won the 2020 Julia Peterkin Award for flash fiction from South 85 Journal, run by Converse College’s MFA program. Her story will appear in their fall/winter 2020 issue. Details are available on their blog and Facebook page. Krista completed her degree this spring with a major in English: Creative Writing and minors […]
